Decapoda
Translingual
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(suborder Dendrobranchiata)
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(suborder Pleocyemata)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δέκα (déka, “ten”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).
Proper noun
Decapoda
- A taxonomic order within the class Malacostraca – the decapod crustacea.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Dendrobranchiata, Pleocyemata (suborders)
References
Decapoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Decapoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Decapoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Decapoda at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI